My most unusual pet was a groundhog hat we rescued as a baby when its mama was killed. We bottle fed it and it lived in the house with us and our cat and dog. The groundhog used the cat's litter box and was very clean, but it loved to collect stray socks, underwear, tissues and miscellaneous things and hide them under the couch. It was adorable!

Not ours, but our neighbor rescued two baby raccoons whose mother was run over by a car. They used to wander over to our house and come in our cat door to play in our basement. They would also join our family if we were having a picnic in the backyard and climb into the wading pool with our grandkids. They were loveable and very gentle.

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I had a scrub jay who would come and go through a window we left open.

I also had a duck who would attack any intruders on the property, as well as bite my brothers, which I thought was awesome. I had to keep him leashed when I took him for walks, or he would try to attack my neighbor's donkeys.

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My beloved box turtle who followed me around. I would hand feed her all of her meals. Had her for years in an outdoor pen my father built with wood and chicken wire. She would hibernate and every year we swore she never made it through and every year she did.

Then one day we found that the chicken wire had rusted through and she had gone away. I was heart broken for a very long time.

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I know, it's not too unusual. However, this cat was. "Precious", as she was called, was a tough cat. She would fight dogs and win. She would travel miles away, only to return home. She would kill anything she could get her fangs on. But she was a sweet cat to us, enjoyed attention, and never once attacked me.

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